Dayton Valley GC
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3.5
452 Reviews (452)
5 Stars
182
4 Stars
185
3 Stars
54
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
17
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.6
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
68.3%
Recommend this course
392 out of 452 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.2
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.0
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
50.0%
Recommend this course
7 out of 14 reviews
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3.3
29 Reviews (29)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
5
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
62.1%
Recommend this course
18 out of 29 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7218 yards
Slope 131
Rating 74.0

Dayton Valley Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer Signature design that has been a PGA Tour Qualifier course since 1995, making it the longest standing site in the country. The course is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains and stretches across the valley below. The rolling, links-style layout features sculpted fairways and large, undulating greens. You may find yourself faced with a tough lie even after a good shot. It's a challenging test with plenty of water and strategically placed bunkers coming into play throughout. Careful shot placement is especially important on the water holes at Dayton Valley G.C. The most difficult hole on the golf course is the par-4 ninth. It's a lengthy dogleg left with water down along the entire left side of the fairway and short and right of the green. On your approach, hitting left of the green you'll find heavy rough or pot bunkers.

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Course Details

Year Built 1991
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1991) Ed Seay (1991)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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3.5
452 Reviews (452)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Course was Dry but still fun

The course was dryer than usual but with the heat wave I’m sure it’s hard to keep green! Always a beautiful course and greens were surprisingly slow too so was not the typical course conditions

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/12/2024

Hi, lundylistings! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Dayton Valley Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 81
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

COULD BE BETTER

I was expecting a challenging layout, but did not expect as many water hazards. This is a links course, but there is enough mounding that the hazards are hidden unless you study the hole diagrams.

I was disappointed in the fairway conditions, as it seems they may have started watering too late to keep the fairways green in many areas. However, they are now over-watering as there is a lot of standing water on several fairways.

Nearby courses seem to be in much better general condition.

Would like to play the course again, if it is in better condition.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs water

Lot's of dry grass areas, this course is in bad need of water, many areas in fairways are going dead or are already gone, ordered food on 9 tee and still waited 15 minutes at turn for hot dogs, but at least they were very good, this was a premiere course not to long ago...what happened?

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/12/2024

Hi, jghan! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Dayton Valley Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

What happened to Dayton Valley?

This course used to be one of our favorites! The layout is great and the course was challenging but fair. We are so sad to see what has happened. The fairways are in horrible shape with huge dry areas, dirt patches and weeds. Some tee boxes haven't been watered in weeks and are completely dead. Sand traps are rocky, weedy or filled with water. Even the areas around the clubhouse and along the course that used to be attractive and well kept are seriously neglected. Most of the greens were ok (only 3 and 13 had large dry areas). Some holes that used to be so charming are now really unattractive and almost unplayable (bad bunkers, bad rough, standing water ponds, etc.) - numbers 4, 7, 8 for example. It is such a a shame, as we LOVED this course - which makes it so much harder to see what has happened. The course needs some serious TLC. I hope that the owners plan a major investment to put the course back in the condition that it was in 5 years ago!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Very wet, a lot of the bunkers were flooded, the greens need some help

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/30/2024

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/30/2024

We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Dayton Valley Golf Club!

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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, needs some work.

I love this course. A number of bunkers were flooded and when not flooded they are pretty much gravel. A few dry spots, but overall a great place to play.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/30/2024

Thank you for visiting us at Dayton Valley Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/24/2024

We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Dayton Valley Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Dayton Valley

Have played the course since it first opened and like the layout. Course was not in as good shape as usual and maintenance inside clubhouse has

Slacked off somewhat.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Pace of Play

The course is in good shape, they just need to work a little bit in the bunkers, some of them are flooded a need real sand.

Overall 8 out of 10

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 05/17/2024

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Dayton Valley Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Good overall course - could be in better conditon

I liked the course overall, but was a little disappointed with the overall condition. Tons of weeds and even lost a ball in a greenside bunker because it was a lake that needed to be drained. It plays pretty open, but you do have home on both sides of you on a lot of holes. I would play there again, but will give other tracks a chance before I go back maybe in mid summer where the drainage is better.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice experience

Course is in decent condition, some greens were recovering from winter, several ares were over watered and really soggy.

Friendly staff, beautiful scenery.

Enjoy!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/03/2024

Thanks so much for the great review. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon. Thanks for choosing Dayton Valley Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
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Commented on 04/30/2024

We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Dayton Valley Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dry and Brown

The course is very dry for some reason, despite a second wet winter in a row. The greens were largely still brown and dry and recently punched. One person in our group reported there was no staff at the pro shop for 5 minutes when he arrived, then no one at the bar, and while the pro shop said the cart keys were outside with the cart boy, the cart boy was nowhere to be found. And we started behind a tournament that caused groups to stack up 3 deep by the 7th hole. Worst conditions and experience in the last 3 years. We're avoiding for at least 2 weeks and hoping the staffing issues are transitory.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Value Deal

The course was in great shape and reasonably well maintained especially after a long and extended winter in Northern Nevada. The check in was very professional and efficient and the host was very nice to deal with. Since we were about 40 minutes early and since the 1st tee was open, he let us on before our designated tee time reservation. For the TeeOff Online DEAL for this reservation and this GC, this was a great deal. Hoping for more similar deals in the near future

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/25/2024

Thank you for visiting us at Dayton Valley Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dayton Valley Golf

Great layout but course conditions are very poor. Issues with irrigation have left the course in poor condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/19/2024

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good course

Enjoyed our round. Course is recovering well from such a long winter. Greens were recently punched but looking good. Almost an Eagle on #2. Yes, I made the 6-inch birdie putt 🤣

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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